Fundraiser: Night of modern art, local music and fashion to benefit MOCAD

Hey, Museum of Contemporary Art Detroit or MOCAD, if you prefer, boy are we glad you moved into our neighborhood. The city's premier venue for modern art has given us a taste (more than a taste, call it a feast) of what we've been missing all these years: a team of programmers and curators to bring the best of crazy, contemporary creative works to Detroit on a regular basis. 

This weekend, MOCAD (4454 Woodward Avenue, Detroit) goes GOLD for a fundraising evening of art, fashion and music. The night will include the ongoing exhibitions Holy Hip Hop! New Paintings by Alex Melamid and ReFusing Fashion: Rei Kawakubo, as well as a variety of musical performances and a raffle.

The event is presented by the museum’s New Wave committee, whose charge it is to share a common dedication to the arts in Detroit with new audiences.

There will be two tiers of admission tickets, one for $75 for a 7:30 p.m. VIP entrance, and one for $15 for a 9:30 p.m. program.

Beginning at 7:30 p.m., VIP ticket holders will dine on cuisine catered by local restaurants, including Forte, Slows, Tribute, Small Plates and Vicente’s. There will also be a collaborative performance piece by filmmaker Martha Colburn (who has helmed music videos for artists like Deerhoof and Felix Kubin, and has done other acclaimed animated and documentary work) and Detroit-based musician Ian Clark (aka Perspects). Clark’s live performance of found sounds, deconstructed songs and digital manipulations will be illustrated by Colburn’s hand made filters, excerpts from her animations and found footage.

VIP ticket holders receive complimentary valet services and have access to an open bar and food for the entire evening.

Beginning at 9:30 p.m., Detroit musicians will play pop cover songs spanning the last 30 years in their band’s own distinctive style. A cash bar will be available.

Ten bands will perform, including The Go, T3 (Slum Village), Lee Marvin Computer Arm, Bad Party, The Silent Years, Dee Jay Frankie Banks, Dark Red, EsQuire and the Sisters Lucas.

GOLD’s raffle will feature prizes donated by: Beverly Hills Grill (Beverly Hills), Bureau of Urban Living (Detroit), Design 99 (Hamtramck), ePrize (Pleasant Ridge), Main Art Theater (Royal Oak), Mezzanine (Detroit), Motawi Tileworks (Ann Arbor), Pewabic Pottery (Detroit), Woodbridge Star Bed & Breakfast (Detroit), Sole Sisters (Detroit), Town Tavern (Royal Oak) and others. Go here for a complete list of sponsors.

Raffle tickets are only $1 each. Proceeds from GOLD benefit MOCAD’s general fund in order to provide quality programming and exhibitions for the public.